Dinosaurs was a LEGO theme released in 2001. This theme included different kinds of dinosaur models, in adult for as well as smaller younger forms. This theme did not include any normal minifigures.
This theme is the origin of the building style for many animals released later on such as the dewback in 4501 Mos Eisley Cantina
Packaging
Canisters
The four larger sets (6719-6722) were packaged in plastic canisters. These canisters were black, and they had a cuboid form. They have the appearance of a block of stone, with "fossilized" bones being visible. The lid also serves as a stand for the built dinosaurs, even though it could be difficult to place them on it without them falling over.
Boxes and Polybags
The sets 5950 to 5953 and 7000 to 7003 are the smaller sets of the theme. They include baby / young versions of dinosaurs. Those sets are in fact the same, the only difference being 5950 - 5953 were packaged in Polybags, while 7000 - 7003 came in boxes.
Models
The four main dinosaurs, packaged in canisters, include additional parts to rebuild the main dinosaur into another:
- 6719 Brachiosaurus can be rebuilt into a Diplodocus, Plateosaurus and a Plesiosaurus.
- 6720 Tyrannosaurus Rex can be rebuilt into an Ouranosaurus, Parasaurolophus and a Spinosaurus.
- 6721 Mosasaurus can be rebuilt into a Dimetrodon, Iguanodon and a Postosuchus.
- 6722 Styracosaurus can be rebuilt into a Camarasaurus, Centrosaurus and aTriceratops.
Young/Baby models
These are smaller sets in the theme that came in Boxes and Polybags , all released in 2001.
- 5950 Baby Ankylosaurus (polybag version, same as 7000)
- 5951 Baby Iguanodon (polybag version, same as 7001)
- 5952 Baby Brachiosaurus (polybag version, same as 7002)
- 5953 Baby Dimetrodon (polybag version, same as 7003)
- 7000 Young Ankylosaurus (box version, same as 5950)
- 7001 Young Iguanodon (box version, same as 5951)
- 7002 Young Brachiosaurus (box version, same as 5952)
- 7003 Young Dimetrodon (box version, same as 5953)
- K7000 Dinosaurs Kit
The instructions shows images of the alternative models. On the back of the instructions of all Dinosaurs sets, there is a piece of a prehistorical landscape, as playmat to play with the dinosaur.
Notes
- Although the main dinosaurs include additional parts to build alternative dinosaurs models, the four possible dinosaurs cannot be built at the same time.
- The smaller sets remblece the bigger dinosaurs in childhood forms, with every set having an adult counterpart, exept of 5950 Baby Ankylosaurus / 7000 Young Ankylosaurus.
- In each instruction book, there is a page designed to act like a place for the dinosaur to walk.